Author: Teresa Hartford

Escalade, Inc. announced that Q4 net sales declined 15% to $57.6 million due primarily to a shift in timing in sporting goods sales; however, full year net sales increased to a record $220.7 million, a 2% gain over the comparable year ago period. Full yea

The growth of the average price point for all sports footwear in 2004 was attributable to strength in the sporting goods, specialty athletic footwear, and family footwear channels of distribution, according to data gathered for “The Sporting Goods Market

Alpen Outdoor Corp. presented its 2004 Sales Representative of Year award to Steve Krenzien of Krenzien, Krenzien & Associates, Northbrook, IL, at the 2005 Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show. Mr. Krenzien was recognized for his sales performance with A

Michel Perraudin (57), member of the adidas-Salomon Executive Board, responsible for Global Human Resources, Key Projects and Corporate Services, will leave the Executive Board of adidas-Salomon AG effective March 31, 2005 to allow him to allocate more ti

Chelsea Football Club and adidas today announced an eight-year sponsorship agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, which comes into effect for the 2006/7 season, adidas will become the Official Sportswear Supplier, Official Product Supplier and Offi

PUMA and the Senegalese Football Association (Fédération Sénégalaise de Football, SFA) today, mutually announced a long-term agreement that will see the 2002 African Cup of Nations finalists and World Cup quarterfinalists endorse the PUMA brand beyond the

Several law firms that specialize in class action suits have piled onto the initial shareholder class action lawsuit against Gander Mountain, claiming certain officers and directors within the company had prior knowledge about factors that devalued GMTN s

Six U.S. golf manufacturers, including Acushnet, Callaway, Cleveland, Ping, Nike, and TaylorMade-adidas, struck a blow against counterfeiters in the Southern Chinese cities of Dongguan, Changan, and Guangzhou…

Greg Norman Collection announced Core Golf sales increases of 19% with operating profits up over last year as well. Additionally, Q4 Core Golf sales jumped 22%, marking the 8th consecutive quarter of double-digit sales growth in the Green Grass segment. C

Nautilus finished off its “turnaround” year with a 51.1% jump in Q4 earnings, from $9.4 million, or 28 cents per share in 2003 to $14.2 million, or 42 cents per diluted share in the most recent quarter. These earnings were driven by an 11.0% increase in f

Gildan Activewear is closing its Long Sault, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec yarn-spinning facilities. The majority of the equipment will be transferred to a new leased yarn-spinning facility in Clarkton, North Carolina, which will be operated by the company

The deal to sell American Sporting Goods was evidently in the eleventh hour when the company called pulled off the auction block. The official line was that Jerry Turner made the decision to pull ASG off the table, but there is also some speculation that